White Chicken#AlphabetChallenge

This  is a chicken dish  in white gravy, hence it is called White chicken. It can be made with boneless or  with bones,  it will still taste delicious.  I, have used chicken with bones and this dish was too  yummy. Its a very rich gravy made of yogurt, poppy seeds, cashewnuts and cream.  It's a  Mughlai cuisine and makes a fantastic  party dish and mildly spiced.

Ingredients 

½ kg Chicken - cut into medium pieces
2 Medium Onions - sliced
4 Tablespoons Heaped Yogurt - beaten
3 Long Green chillies
2 Tablespoons Ginger Garlic paste
Salt
2 Tablespoons Fresh Cream
12 Whole cashewnuts
1 Tablespoons Poppy seeds / Khus Khus
¼ Cup Warm Milk
Whole  Spices

1 Bay leaf

1 Big Brown Cardamom 

2 Green Cardamoms

2 Cloves 

2 Black peppercorns 

1 Teaspoon Cumin seeds 

1 Stick Cinnamon
Oil as required 
Method

Marinate chicken in yogurt, ginger garlic paste, salt and keep aside for half hour.

Soak the cashewnuts and poppy seeds in ¼ cup warm milk for at least half hour.  Then grind this to a fine paste with the milk.  Keep aside.

Saute  the onions in 2 tablespoons  oil,  till then turn light pink then add all the whole spices and green chillies saute till the spices release an aroma ( do not brown the onions or else the color of the dish will change). Let this cool completely then grind it to a fine paste with little water.

Saute the marinated chicken with 2 tablespoons oil on high heat till chicken becomes soft for 10 mins. Add the ground  onion and spice paste and saute till oil surfaces. Add  the cashew and poppy seeds paste and stir till well incorporated and on low flame let it simmer for 10 minutes or till oil surfaces and chicken is done.  

Keep giving it a stir after every 2 minutes or else it will burn at the bottom of the pan.   Drizzle a little cream. 

 Garnish with sprigs of mint leaves and  serve it with Hyderabadi Parathas or naan or any crusty bread.  

Enjoy...

Labels: Chicken, Mughlai Cuisine, Cashewnuts, Poppy seeds, Alphabet Challenge

Let's take a look at the recipes being shared today with Alphabet "W"

• Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Chocolate Mint Whoopie Pies 
• Jolene’s Recipe Journal: Cranberry Wild Rice 
• Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice: Creamy Butternut Squash Soup with Whiskey
• A Messy Kitchen: French Onion Sausage and White Bean Bake
• Culinary Cam: Frisky Whiskey Chocolate Cake 
• Blogghetti: Homemade White Gravy Mix
• A Day in the Life on the Farm: Sausage and Wild Rice Stuffed Acorn Squash 
• Mayuri’s Jikoni: Waldorf Salad 
• Food Lust People Love: Welsh Rarebit Potatoes with Cavolo Nero 
• Palatable Pastime: Warm Potato Salad with Kielbasa
• Sneha’s Recipe: White Chicken 

Keto Baked Buffalo Cauliflower Steaks With Chicken

Keto Baked Buffalo Cauliflower Steaks With Chicken are grilled crispy yet tender. They are protein packed, filling and delicious. You will love these.

Ingredients

4 Cauliflower Steaks
2 Tablespoon Buffalo Sauce
2 Boneless Chicken Thighs - cut into small
Salt to taste
2 Tomatoes - thickly sliced
Grated Mozzarella Cheese - as required
Chopped Coriander Leaves - for garnishing
Method

Marinate the chicken in buffalo sauce and salt to taste. Keep aside to marinate for at least 30 minutes. 
Leaving the stalk in place, slice your cauliflower in half first then slice the halves into steaks.
Parboil the cauliflower steaks in salted water, drain and keep aside. Let it cool completely.

In a baking tray arrange the cauliflower steaks. Place a little of marinated buffalo chicken on each steak. Place a thickly sliced tomato on top. Place this in the oven at 180°C with both elements on for 12 - 15 minutes. Remove add the grated mozzarella cheese and put it back in the oven till the cheese melts for about. Remove, cool & Enjoy!!

Labels: Holiday Side Dish, Keto,Low Carb, Side Dish, Chicken, Cauliflower

Welcome to Holiday Side Dish Week 2025. See below for different side dish recipes to help you plan your holiday meals. Wednesday Holiday Side Dish Recipes 

• Sauteed Kale with Bacon by Hezzi-D's Recipe Box
• Copy Cat Texas Roadhouse Seasoned Rice by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Keto Baked Buffalo Cauliflower Steaks With Chicken by Sneha's Recipe
• Easy Southern Fried Okra by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
• Pomegranate Pani Puri by Magical Ingredients

Togolese Gboma Dessi#EatTheWorld

Togo is a small West African country on the Gulf of Guinea, in between Ghana and Benin. Togolese cuisine is made up of African, French, and German influences. Tomato and spinach is a popular combination, which happens to be the base of this so simple and tasty Gboma Dessi.
What I like about this dish that it's so flavorful, even with the minimum use of spices. What really stands out to me in this dish is the texture the ground pumpkin seeds in the sauce, the ground pumpkin seeds also helps in thickening the sauce.

Serves 5 - 6 
Ingredients 

1 Kg Boneless & Skinless Chicken Legs - cut into big pieces
Dry Roast Then Grind To A Fine Powder
1 Teaspoon Whole cloves
1 Teaspoon Ajwain seeds
1 Teaspoon Fennel seeds
6 Cardamoms
Other Ingredients
1 Teaspoon Ginger powder
¼ Teaspoon Nutmeg powder

2 + 2 Tablespoons Olive oil
1 Medium Onion - chopped
4 Cloves Garlic - minced 
3 Green Chillies or Habanero Chillies - pierced
1 Green Chilly - finely chopped
2 Medium Tomatoes - blended

2 Tablespoons Tomato paste
1 Tablespoon Grated Ginger
500 Ml Chicken Stock 
¼ Cup Pumpkin Seeds - ground to fine powder

500 Grams Spinach - chopped
¾ Teaspoon Salt or to taste
Method

Season the chicken with the roasted powdered spices along with ground ginger, nutmeg and half the amount of salt.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large frying pan over medium flame, fry the chicken until nearly cooked through and browned on both sides, remove from the pan. Keep aside along with the juice's.

Heat the other 2 tablespoons of oil and sauté the onion and garlic , ginger over medium heat until softened. Add the chopped green chillies, blended tomatoes, tomato paste, salt and cook for 3 -5 minutes until cooked. Add the stock and ground pumpkin seeds and taste for seasoning. Stir in the chicken and pierced green chillies cook for 5 minutes.
Simmer over medium-low flame for 20 minutes. Stir in the spinach and cook until wilted- for about 5 minutes. Serve Gboma Dessi with rice, potatoes, or polenta.

Labels: Togolese, West African,  Chicken, Main course, International Cuisine,  Spinach, Eat The World, Keto, Low Carb

Check out all the wonderful Togo recipes prepared by fellow Eat the World members and share with #eattheworld. Find out how to join Eat the World here and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us!
For Eat The World we are sharing recipes of Togo.

• Crevettes aux Poivrons by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Gboma Dessi by Culinary Cam
• Togolese Gboma Dessi by Sneha's Recipe
• Zowey (Togolese Spicy Peanut Balls) by Amy's Cooking Adventures 

Leftover Grilled Chicken Patties#SundayFunday

Got bored of having the same grilled chicken in lunch, dinner or in sandwiches, then this recipe is for you.  

I, usually do not have leftover grilled chicken, it's always over in two days.  But this time since we had to many outings, this was lying in my refrigerator.  

Converted the leftover into patties and they tasted very good. Make them is so easy since it's a mixture of chicken, eggs, bread crumbs,  onion, etc., with extra addition of seasoning make patties  you'll  love it! My mother used to make  these with leftover meat from the curry,  I made these to use leftover grilled chicken.

These patties can be frozen and stored in an airtight container in a single layer, fried without thawing directly whenever required. 

Ingredients
2 Cups Leftover Grilled Shredded Chicken
1 Cup Fresh Bread Crumbs
2 Eggs - lightly beaten
1 Medium Onion  - finely chopped
1 Tablespoon Coriander Leaves - finely chopped

1 Teaspoon  Black pepper powder

1/4 Teaspoon Garam Masala Powder

1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice

1 Tablespoon Rice Flour - optional

Salt  to taste 

Method

In a food processor add the chicken, onions  and run  it till the chicken is finely chopped. 

In a large bowl combine the chicken mixture, bread crumbs, rice flour,  eggs, garam masala and pepper powder, salt, lemon juice and  coriander, mix well; if mixture is too dry to form patties, mix in another lightly beaten egg. 

Mix well and form into  a nice dough.  

Form small patties, arrange them in tray. At this stage you can freeze these and then store in an airtight container to use whenever required.

Heat oil in a large skillet / pan over medium heat and fry patties in oil until golden brown.  Serve these with Sweet Chilly Sauce.  These make a great appetizer for a party too.

Labels : Chicken, Leftover series, Patties, Appetizer, Chicken Patties, Snacks, Party pleasers

You might also like to check these recipes:

Cheesy Chicken Patties

Grilled Sumac Chicken - Middle Eastern Cuisine

Chicken Schnitzel With Garlic Mayo
Chicken Fries

Chicken And Cheese Box Patties

Brown Sauce Grilled Chicken - Spain

Musakhan / (Baked Chicken with Onions) / A Palestinian Cuisine

Chicken Steak with Mashed Potatoes & Buttered Vegetables
Chicken Pizzas - Gluten Free, Grain Free 

For Sunday Funday we are celebrating National Grilling Month. Let's see what everyone grilled up..

• Grilled Stuffed Squid by Culinary Cam
• Grilled Tandoori Chicken by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Leftover Grilled Chicken Patties by Sneha's Recipe
• Neapolitan Pizza by Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Tender Grilled Octopus by Food Lust People Love 

Stuffed Chicken Drumsticks In Saucy Tomato Gravy#SundayFunday

Stuffed Chicken Drumsticks In Saucy Tomato Gravy is so yummy can be served, as a side dish or as a main course meal. Can be had with Garlic Rice or Rotis. These are low carb & simply yum... delicious. Try it and you'll love these. 
De boning the drumsticks is the only tricky task rest all it so easy to make.

Ingredients

5 Chicken Drumsticks - These drumstick should be large
For the filling
200 Grams Cottage Cheese or Ricotta Cheese
1 Teaspoon Red Chilly powder
1 Teaspoon Finely Chopped Ginger
2 Green chilies - finely chopped
1 Teaspoon Finely Chopped Garlic
3 Tablespoons Coriander Leaves - finely chopped
½ Teaspoon Salt or to taste
Dry Roast these ingredients and pound them coarsely  
½ Teaspoon Cumin seeds
½ Teaspoon Heaped Coriander seeds
¼ Teaspoon Ajwain / Carom Seeds
For the Sauce 
2 Tablespoons Oil
1 Green chilies - slit and de seeded
1/2 Teaspoon Red chilly powder
A Juice of half a Lemon
3 Big loves Garlic - finely chopped
½ Cup Tomato Puree
½ Teaspoon Salt or to taste
Method

De bone chicken from the drumsticks like you make for wings

then cut the bone( keep only the bottom part of the bone)

Make a pocket. 

Now lightly roast the carom seeds, cumin, coriander seeds together and coarsely pound them. 

In another bowl mix cottage cheese, pounded spices ,chilly powder ,green chilies, coriander leaves , garlic, ginger and salt very well. 

Stuffing is ready.

Fill this cheese mixture inside chicken drumsticks by pressing it right till the bottom 

seal them with two tooth picks or stitch them ( I stitched them). 

Heat oil in a pan and fry garlic till it starts to turn pink, add the slit green chilly,  stuffed chicken and saute on high flame for 3 minutes 

turning them till they turn pink to white. 

Add the 1 cup water, tomato puree,  chilly powder, salt and lemon juice, cover, cook for on high flame for 5 minutes. Open and turn the sides, cover again and cook for 10 to 12 minutes on medium low flame till the drumsticks are cooked. 

The gravy should be saucy and thick. 

To serve  

Snip of the thread of the drumsticks. Arrange the drumsticks on a platter and pour the sauce over it.

Enjoy!! this is super delicious.

My Notes 

Labels: Chicken, Chicken Drumsticks, Paneer, Ricotta, Stuffed, Tomato, Main course, Side Dish, Sunday Funday, Keto, Low Carb 

Check other recipes shared for Sunday Funday

• Karen’s Kitchen Stories: Amish Country Casserole 
• Cook with Renu: Beet Greens Jowar Thalipeeth 
• Food Lust People Love: Crispy Iron Skillet Chicken Thighs 
• Palatable Pastime: Grandmother's Country Green Beans 
• A Day in the Life on the Farm: Macaroni Ranch Salad 
• Amy's Cooking Adventures: Shoofly Pie (Amish Molasses Pie) 
• Mayuri's Jikoni: Southern Tomato Sandwich 
• Sneha's Recipe : Stuffed Chicken Drumsticks In Saucy Tomato Gravy

Moa Fa'Asaina- Samoan Chicken#EatTheWorld

Samoan chicken also known as Moa Fa’asaina, Moa means chicken in the Samoan language. This is such a easy & delicious dish to have; this is another quick and easy recipe that you can enjoy with the family or with friends.

Recipe source International Cuisine, I liked this recipe. Did some variations, halved the recipe, and since I did not have dark soy sauce used the light soy sauce. This recipe tasted good. This is usually had with coconut rice, since I have already posted different recipes of coconut rice on my blog you can check the recipes for it below.
Ingredients 
For The Chicken

500 Grams Chicken with bones- used drumsticks & thighs
½ Cup Dark Soy Sauce
¼ Cup apple cider vinegar
1 Medium Onion - sliced
2 Big Cloves Garlic - finely chopped
½ Tablespoon Ginger - finely chopped
Salt & Black Pepper to taste
½ Tablespoons Tapioca Starch
1 Scallion/Spring Onion Greens - chopped to garnish
1 Tablespoon Sesame Seeds - roasted to garnish - I did not add

Method 
For The Chicken

Season the chicken well with salt and pepper
Brown the chicken on all sides in a large Dutch oven.
Remove the chicken to a plate and drain all but a tablespoon or so of grease from the Dutch oven.
Sauté the onions and garlic and ginger in the Dutch oven, scraping up any bits from the chicken.
Return the chicken to the pan and add the soy sauce and vinegar, then add enough water to cover the chicken.
Continue to cook for another 20 minutes or so or until the chicken is cooked through.
Remove the chicken from the pan.
To Thicken The Sauce

Take 2 Tablespoons of tapioca starch in a bowl with just a touch of cold water to form a thick paste, Whisk this into the sauce.
Reduce the heat as the sauce begins to thicken and return the chicken to the sauce.

Enjoy this dish with coconut rice, This is a tender juicy chicken and you will definitely want to try this again. 

Coconut Rice Recipes 
Jamaican Coconut & Beans Rice 
Belizean Rice and Beans
Nasi Lemak  

Labels: International Cuisine, Samoa, Chicken, Soy Sauce, Apple Cider Vinegar, Main course, Eat the World

Check out all the wonderful Samoa recipes prepared by fellow Eat the World members and share with #eattheworld. Find out how to join Eat the World here and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us!

For Eat The World we are sharing recipes of Samoa. 

Combating 'Blankness' with Moa Fa'Asaina by Culinary Cam

Keke Pua’a (Samoan Steamed Pork Buns) by Amy's Cooking Adventures

Moa Fa'Asaina- Samoan Chicken by Sneha's Recipe

Oka a'i A Day in the Life on the Farm

Warm Chicken & Mushroom Salad - Keto#SundayFunday

A complete meal with added chicken, feta cheese, and seeds makes u this luxurious main dish. Do try this unique and really tasty salad!
Ingredients
3 Large Mushroom - sliced
1 Small Onion sliced
½ Each Bell Pepper - Red, Yellow, Green- diced
2 Cloves Garlic - finely chopped
1 Cup Chopped Lettuce
1 Cup Cherry Tomatoes - halved
100 Grams Feta cheese - cubed
Olives, Avocado, sunflower & pumpkin seeds- optional
1/2 Cup Shredded Cooked Chicken
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
For The Dressing
2 Tablespoons Mayonnaise
2 Tablespoons Fresh Cream
1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 Tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar
2 Teaspoons Sriracha Sauce
Salt and Pepper to taste
Method

Mix all dressing ingredients keep aside.
Sauté the garlic for minute add onion till translucent then add in the mushroom and on medium high flame sauté till all the moisture evaporates then add the capsicum and chicken mix well till warmed. Switch off the flame.

Take this on to a serving platter add the lettuce leaves. Pour the dressing mix well. Enjoy.

Labels: Salad, Main course, Chicken, Mushroom, Cherry Tomatoes, Feta Cheese, Dressing, Sunday Funday, International Cuisine, Iceberg Lettuce, Keto
For Sunday Funday we are sharing Main Dish Salads.

• Arugula Salad with Pork by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Bacon Cheeseburger Salad by Amy's Cooking Adventures
• Hearty Taco Salad by Our Good Life
• The King of Salads: A Lighter Crab Louie by Culinary Cam
• Warm Chicken & Mushroom Salad - Keto by Sneha's Recipe